Research Catalog

Title

HIV-AIDS and social work practice in the Caribbean : theory, issues, and innovation / edited by Adele D. Jones, Jacqueline Padmore, Priya L. Maharaj.

Publication

Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Jones, Adele.
• Padmore, Jacqueline.
• Maharaj, Priya L.

Description

xviii, 226 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• Social Work > methods
• Health Policy
• HIV Seropositivity > psychology
• Community Health Services > methods
• HIV Infections
• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• HIV-positive persons > Services for > Caribbean Area
• AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > Caribbean Area
• HIV infections > Social aspects > Caribbean Area
• Social service > Trinidad and Tobago
• Caribbean Region

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Lived experiences of HIV-AIDS in the Caribbean -- contextualizing social work practice -- The institutionalization of HIV-AIDS related prejudice -- Social work and social transformation : a theoretical model for AIDS interventions -- Beyond the counselling room : pushing the limits of HIV-AIDS social work practice -- Accepting to live : disclosing the truth about HIV -- the role of the social worker in disclosure -- The impact of HIV-AIDS on children at risk -- the case of Trinidad and Tobago -- Breaking barriers : an exploratory study of sex talk between maternal parents and female adolescents -- The impact of social support on people living with HIV-AIDS : a case study -- Disability, sexuality and HIV -- Positive women -- Women and adherence to antiretroviral therapy -- Informal social support networks for HIV-positive women.

ISBN

9789766373566 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010500706

OCLC

403480046

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library